CORONAL Definition & Meaning

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coronal

[ noun kawr-uh-nl, kor-; adjective kuh-rohn-l, kawr-uh-nl, kor- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

of or relating to a coronal.
Anatomy.
1. of or relating to a corona.
2. (of a plane along the long axis of the body) lying in the direction of the coronal suture.
3. Also lying in the direction of the frontal plane.
Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tip of the tongue, especially in a retroflex position.
Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) articulated with the blade of the tongue raised; dental, alveolar, or palato-alveolar.
of or relating to the tip of the tongue.

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Origin of coronal¹

1300–50; Middle English < Latin ��ǰ�ō��, equivalent to Latin ��ǰ�ō�� ( a ) crown + -�� -al ¹

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Origin of coronal¹

C16: from Late Latin ��ǰ�ō��ālis belonging to a crown

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